TABLE verbs

     

Those verbs that are different when used at a table.

BOUNCE   You bounce up and down in your seat.  Where's my food?!?
Wexna bounces up and down in her chair, doing a perfect imitation of a child impatiently waiting for her food.
BOUNCE (when under a table) Bracing your back against the table, you bounce up and down, giving the table a good shake.
You hear something shuffling beneath the table.  Suddenly, the table begins to bounce wildly, upsetting all the items stacked upon it!  Earthquake!!!
CLEAN TABLE A busboy appears at your bidding and gathers up debris from your table.
Drevis catches the eye of a passing busboy, who gathers up debris left at your table.
DANCE

 

You climb up on the table and do a wild, stomping, flailing, twirling, kicking, whirling, gyrating dance!  Once out of breath, you hop off the table and collapse in a chair.
Wexna climbs up on the table and does a wild, stomping, flailing, twirling, kicking, whirling, gyrating dance!  Once out of breath, she hops off the table and collapses in a chair.
FALL (when seated) You lean back a little too far in your chair and fall over backwards.
Wexna leans a bit too far back in her chair and falls over backwards!
HIDE   You crawl underneath the table and hide.
INVITE {person}
-or-
{person}
group

You can invite people to your table.

JUMP
-or-
LEAP
  Your chair flies back behind you as you leap to your feet! Now, what was it you were getting up to do?
Wexna's chair flies back as she leaps to her feet!
KNOCK TABLE You cross your fingers and knock on the wooden table three times for luck.
Khajana crosses her fingers and knocks on the wooden table three times.  Doesn't she know that's bad luck?
LAY (when seated) You get out of your chair
     And lie down on the floor.
     Everyone stares,
     And you wonder what for!

Khajana gets out of her chair and lies down on the floor.  Goon!
LAY (when standing) You find a clear spot on the floor and lie down.  Nap time already?
Khajana finds a clear spot on the floor and lies down.
LEAN BACK You lean back in your chair, balancing yourself on two legs for a few moments, then set the chair back down on all four legs.
Wexna leans back in her chair, balancing herself on two legs for a few moments, then sets the chair back down on all four legs.
PRAY   You mumble a quick prayer of blessing for your meal.
Wexna mumbles a quick prayer of blessing for her meal.
PUSH   You push yourself back from the wooden table and pat your belly.
Quanni pushes herself back from the wooden table and pats her belly, a satisfied look spreading across her face.
ROLL LAUGH
(when seated)
You laugh so hard that you fall off your chair!
Wexna falls out of her chair and rolls around on the floor laughing!
SALUTE {person}
-or-
{self}
You mime raising a glass and give a toast to Jadelene's health.
Wexna mimes raising a glass and gives a toast to your health.
SIT   You pull out a chair and seat yourself at the table.
Wexna pulls out a chair and seats herself at the table.
SIT DAINTY You pull out a chair and daintily seat yourself at the table.
Wexna pulls out a chair and daintily seats herself at the table.
SIT PLOP You pull out a chair and plop yourself down at the table.
Wexna pulls out a chair and plops herself down at the table.
SIT SLOW You pull out a chair and slowly seat yourself at the table.
Wexna pulls out a chair and slowly seats herself at the table.
SIT FLOURISH With exaggerated movements, you quickly pull out a chair and seat yourself at the table with a flourish!
With exaggerated movements, Wexna quickly pulls out a chair and seats herself at the table with a flourish!
SIT GRACEFUL You pull out a chair and gracefully seat yourself at the table.
Wexna pulls out a chair and gracefully seats herself at the table.
SIT TIRED You pull out a chair and allow gravity to pull you into it.
Wexna pulls out a chair and tiredly allows gravity to seat her.
SIT STRADDLE You turn a chair around and straddle the seat, resting your arms across the back.
Wexna turns a chair around and straddles the seat, resting her arms across the back.
SIT BEND You pull out a chair and seat yourself at the table, bending one leg underneath the other.
Wexna pulls out a chair and seats herself at the table, bending one leg underneath the other.
SWOON   You bonk your face on the table as you attempt to feint a faint.
Wexna faints, falling face-first onto the table with a hearty SMACK! She jerks upright and blinks a few times as a brilliant goose-egg begins to form on her forehead.
TILT TABLE You lift one end of the table, causing everything upon it to slide precariously to the other side!
Wexna lifts one end of the table, causing everything upon it to slide precariously to the other side!  Wexna sets the table level before any of the items meet disaster.